Chapter 409.
Ten Thousand Spirit City, Xifu Building.
A grand banquet was being held in this restaurant, the five-story building was decorated with lights and colors, a carriage was parked by the alleyway, and there was an endless stream of guests coming to congratulate them.
The hall on the first floor was brilliantly lit, and Qiu Zhong, dressed in a purple robe, was smilingly accepting the congratulations of the guests.
Most of these guests were representatives of clans and merchant houses that had relations with the Xu family or had business in the future, not exactly big names, but not generalizers either.
The original Qiu Zhong was only the Xu family’s butler, and although he was extremely close to family head Xu Xinlan, he was ultimately a subordinate, and was not qualified to sit on an equal footing with these figures.
However, the current Qiu Zhong was a Purple Mansion superior!
Even though Purple Mansions abounded in the City of Ten Thousand Spirits and were not rare at all, in a world where strength was honored, Purple Mansion cultivators were already above most people.
It was worthy of their polite and courteous blessings and congratulatory gifts.
Moreover, Qiu Zhong, the Purple Mansion Superior, was very unusual, as he had broken through the Great Realm at the age of eighty.
Although examples of cultivators breaking through near the end of their lives abounded throughout history, compared to the huge number of cultivators, the proportion was pitifully small.
Qiu Zhong’s promotion was considered a minor miracle!
But that wasn’t all the reason why guests received the invitation from the Xu family and came to attend the “Promotion Banquet” in droves.
Many people noticed the young cultivator standing beside Xu Xinlan.
It was clear to everyone that this was the Xu Family’s newest envoy, Wang Chen, an inner disciple of the West Sea Sect!
The Xu Family really hadn’t run out of gas yet!
They secretly sighed in their hearts, and the smiles on their faces became even more sincere.
The Xifu Building was filled with guests, the gaggle of people was boisterous, it was truly lively to the extreme.
As the head of the family, Xu Xinlan recalled the situation a few months ago when there were only a few cars and horses in front of her house, and her friends and family avoided it, and she couldn’t help but feel a great deal of emotion in her heart.
She couldn’t help but look at Wang Chen beside her, her eyes brimming with emotion.
Xu Xinlan can not imagine, if there is no Wang dust, now he will fall into what kind of fate!
No matter how you think about it, it has nothing to do with happiness.
Wang Chuan perceived Xu Xinlan’s eyes and smiled slightly.
Three days ago, Qiu Zhong, also known as Uncle Zhong, emerged from the gate and stabilized his realm to become a true Purple Mansion cultivator.
As the news spread, those who coveted the Xu family basically disappeared.
The difference between having one Purple Mansion in a family and having two Purple Mansions was more than one level.
The latter had a much stronger backbone than the former.
Although there were many Purple Mansion clans in the City of Ten Thousand Spirits that could crush the Xu Family, such clans would not be so eager to covet a widow’s “small” family fortune.
The people who had previously had designs on Xu Xinlan could no longer afford to mess with the current Xu Family!
If there were no accidents, the Xu family would be able to enjoy decades of stability.
This is the reason why Xu Xinlan made a big fuss of organizing this “promotion banquet”, she wants to show the world that her family is not a target that can be easily bullied and coveted.
In fact, according to Xu Xinlan’s idea, she was planning to recognize Qiu Zhong as her righteous father.
This was also in line with Qiu Zhong’s current status.
However, Qiu Zhong did not agree and insisted on continuing to serve as the Xu family’s steward for the rest of her life.
Xu Xinlan felt guilty in her heart, so she chartered half of the Xifu Building to celebrate him.
At this moment, a few more guests entered the hall, presumably with very unusual identities, and Xu Xinlan immediately went over to greet them.
It was at this time that a maid came to Wang Chen’s side, respectfully presenting a letter with both hands, “Supervisor, this is what an honored guest upstairs asked the little maid to present to you.”
“Hmm.”
Wang Dust’s gaze flickered as he took the letter and opened it to scan it.
He pondered for a moment and said, “Take me up.”
“Yes.”
The maid curtsied and led Wang Chen to the top floor of the Xifu Building.
Xifu Building was considered to be a rather high-class restaurant in Wan Ling City, so Xu Xinlan could only charter half of the building to hold the “Mansion Promotion Banquet”, not because she couldn’t spare the spirit stones, but because of the limitations of her status and position.
This is still in the case of the Xu family having two Purple Mansions, otherwise it would be very dignified to be able to pack the hall.
“Please, superior.”
The maid opened the door to an elegant room.
Inside, there were three men and two women sitting in the room with a total of five young cultivators, among them, the one sitting in the main seat was wearing the clothes of an inner disciple of the West Sea Sect, while the remaining four were all outer disciples.
When Wang Chuan stepped into the elegant room, the inner disciple smiled, “Senior brother Wang Chuan, please don’t be offended if I take the liberty of inviting you up.”
He reached out his hand and gestured, “Please take a seat.”
The other four did not have the intention to get up either, but only surveyed Wang Chen with either curious or indifferent eyes.
Quite impolite.
However, most of these young cultivators had arrogant faces, and they looked like the kind of people who came from an extraordinary background.
Wang Chen arched his hand without moving, “Greetings, Senior Brother Liang.”
This inner disciple who invited him up to meet him was named Liang Xun, whom he didn’t recognize at all and hadn’t met before.
So there was no way of knowing the other party’s purpose for approaching him.
But Wang Chen intuitively felt that nine times out of ten, it wasn’t something good!
He sat down on the empty seat opposite Liang Xun.
After the maid poured a cup of spirit tea for Wang Chen, she consciously exited the elegant room.
Wang Chen picked up the cup of tea and took a sip, and asked bluntly, “Senior Brother Liang, is there something you invited me here for?”
His tone was flat, even with a hint of rawness.
Liang Xun’s eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure, then he smiled and said, “Senior Brother Wang is a rising star of my West Sea Sect, originally I wanted to get to know you a little bit, so that we can conveniently exchange ideas in the sect in the future, and have more friends and more paths.”
After a pause, he continued, “Since Senior Brother is so direct, then Senior Brother, I will also open the door.”
Liang Xun gazed at Wang Chen, “I would like to ask senior brother to give up participating in this year’s Outer Sect Examination and not be Zuo Xiaomo’s Dao Protector!”
His gaze was aggressive, carrying a toughness that could not be argued with!
“But I have already promised Zuo Xiaomo.”
Wang Chen ignored the other party’s gaze and replied indifferently, “A gentleman’s word is a promise.”
It was just that inside, he was not as calm as he appeared to be.
Wang Chen did not expect that this Inner Sect Senior Brother was actually coming for Zuo Xiaomo!
“Senior Brother Wang ……”
Liang Xun put on a “the water of the outer sect is very deep you can’t grasp it” look, shook his head and said, “The Nine Dragons Earth Palace is now a murderous place, and the Taoist Protector isn’t that good to be a Taoist Protector!”
He lowered his voice, “As long as you are willing to give up, I can introduce you to the senior brothers of the Xuan Yuan lineage.”
“Senior Brother Wang, such an opportunity is not something you can get casually!”
This inner disciple revealed an expression of “You have to cherish it”, and his eyes were quite vivid.
Wang Chen, however, wanted to laugh.
Introducing to an inner disciple was considered a precious opportunity?
To be honest, he really couldn’t understand this guy’s brain circuits, and the fatherly flavor in his mouth was just too strong!